31. A week of heavy lobbying by Clinton, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan seemed to have swayed few votes. 32. For many years there have been rumors about payoffs and favors to sway the votes of IOC members. 33. Hodler, who has described the program as a bribe to sway votes of IOC members, said Salt Lake City was not to blame. 34. One senior IOC executive board member, Marc Hodler of Switzerland, has characterized the Salt Lake fund as bribes to sway votes of IOC members. 35. The Democrats swayed the votes of only two Greens senators. 36. The Salt Lake City bid resulted in the biggest scandal in IOC history, a million-dollar scheme of cash and perks to sway votes. 37. They also planned an intense lobbying effort Monday in hopes of swaying more votes against Netanyahu. 38. White House running out of options to sway House vote on impeachment. 39. White House running out of options to sway House vote. 40. Provincial authorities late last month launched a crackdown on election-linked gambling in a bid keep punters and manipulators from swaying the vote. |